The Orchestra Lapbook and Teaching Guide is now available! Designed for six 30-minute lessons, this resource is designed to walk the teacher or parent right through the class time with a ready-made teaching script! Complete lesson plans introduce the topics and creatively incorporate a lapbook component to record what the student has learned. It is a cohesive, simple, and seamless way to discover and enjoy your orchestra study! In … [Read more...]
Scripture Memory: Ideas for Ephesians
Hey you guys! You can do this! Ok, so this picture might be a stretch, but how adorable is he? It reminds me of Smokey the Bear when I was little saying "only you can prevent forest fires!" Does anyone else remember that?? Anyone? Anyone? Back to topic...... This year, we will be memorizing Ephesians 6 within our Classical Conversations Community. At home, there are a number of ways to learn and review this … [Read more...]
When You Need a Schedule – Day 1
Since it is planning time for everyone, I thought I would re-post this series from the archives..... Creating a Family schedule that Works for You! I know - you're as ecstatic as I am. You could barely sleep last night thinking about scheduling....am I right? huh?....oh yeah, baby!! No?...... You're not that excited? Oh. Okay. In that case, it is a good thing we are going to take this one step … [Read more...]
Curriculum Choices 2013-2014
In light of the fact that I love hearing what other people are doing in their homeschools, I wanted to post our homeschool plans for this year (2013-2014). Memory Work - First and foremost, we will be focusing on our Memory Work. You can read all about what we memorize and what resources we use in THIS POST. Of course we will also be using the My Memory Work Lapbooks as a hands-on project based way to review our CC memory work. Reading - Our … [Read more...]
Our Memory Work
We love Memory Work around here - it just seems to be so fruitful in the long run! Since my kiddos memorize well to music, we are able to get a lot of info into our little noggins in one year! So there are a number of things we will be memorizing this year, and since I love hearing about what you all are doing, I figured I would post what we are doing. Today I will focus on Memory Work, and later this week I will fill you in on the rest of our studies. Memory Work … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Classical Conversations
I am so excited about Cycle 2 with Classical Conversations! When I first considered CC a few years ago and visited a classroom, it was so foreign to grasp the idea of the "memory pegs" - this type of "filing system" created by the memory work. I distinctly remember telling the Director that it all seemed somewhat "random" this simple memorizing of random facts, with no deep content. She described the memory pegs like a coat hook where … [Read more...]
Winners, and Around the Web!
What's Happenin' Around the Web with the My Memory Work Lapbooks? Well, first of all, I had a blast last week being interviewed by Melody of And Here We Go! You can read the interview, get her opinion on the My Memory Work Lapbooks and enter your chance to win a My Memory Work Lapbooks Cycle 2 set right on her site! Or see what Stephanie had to say about the My Memory Work Lapbooks over at Herd of Steph! Lastly, if you haven't … [Read more...]
My Memory Work Lapbooks – GIVEAWAY!!!
August is creeping closer, and that means we start prepping for our new school year! Since some families prepare their notebooks ahead of the CC year, and use them for Memory Work review during the year, I thought this would be a great time to run a giveaway for the new Cycle 2 Lapbooks! If you have already purchased them, go ahead and enter! If you win, I will either refund your purchase, send you Cycle 1, or you can gift the package of Cycle 2 Lapbooks to a … [Read more...]
Digging Deeper into CC at Home
Living a half-an-hour away from a good library, I always want to dig deeper into our Classical Conversations (CC) topics from home with great living books, but it just never ends up being realistic (Or I end up with such big fees I could have purchased the books used online and kept them forever). So I tend to search for more information from home. There is a ton of information right within the Foundations Guide. If you have only flipped to the memory work sections, you are … [Read more...]
Lapbook 1.4 Quick-Print Guide
I am pleased to announce that the Cycle 2 Lapbooks being released next week will already contain a quick-print guide! YAY!!! There is also a table of conents directing you to any section you are trying to get to quickly! Before we get to Cycle 2, here is the quick-print guide for Cycle 1, weeks 18-24! If you are unable or unsure how to print double-sided (which varies with your printer), you can print pages meant to be double-sided as single-sided and … [Read more...]
